Press Releases

HONOLULU, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To accelerate the development of renewable energy resources, Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO), subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HE), has asked the Public Utilities Commission for permission to negotiate with five proposed projects that could quickly provide low-cost electricity for Oahu.

LOS ANGELES, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  Revolt TV, the upcoming cable network led by Sean Combs, has finalized a national carriage agreement with Time Warner Cable (TWC), it was announced today.  Together with previously announced distribution, this will make Revolt one of the largest launches in cable TV history when it goes live this fall.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Netflix Original Series "Hemlock Grove," a riveting and eerie mystery from executive producer Eli Roth and based on Brian McGreevy's novel of the same name, will return with a second season next year. Seasoned showrunner Charles H. (Chic) Eglee ("The Walking Dead," "Dexter," "The Shield") joins the popular series as executive producer in season two.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Essar Steel Algoma Inc.
reported today EBITDA earnings of $8.1 million for the three month
period ending March 31, 2013.  EBITDA, excluding exceptional items, for
fiscal year 2013 was $57.3 million as compared to $321 million for
fiscal 2012.  The decline from fiscal year 2012 is attributed to lower
shipments, depressed selling prices and higher than market iron ore
costs.  EBITDA is a meaningful indicator of the Company's
profitability.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE:LPS), a leading provider of integrated technology, services, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries, today announced that Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF) has exercised its option to adjust the consideration mix in its previously announced acquisition of LPS by increasing the cash component of the total consideration by approximately $500 million and correspondingly decreasing the stock component of the total consideration by an equal amount.

PICKERINGTON, Ohio, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Motorcyclists and federal lawmakers spoke out about their concerns over E15 fuel in a rally at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 19. The riders gathered to urge their senators and representatives to call for independent testing of the E15 ethanol fuel blend in motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle engines before it is allowed for sale at retail gas stations.

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tanis Communications, Inc., a leading Silicon Valley marketing and communications services firm, won Gold and Bronze Stevie Awards® for the Communications/PR Campaign of the Year - Marketing - Business-to-Business for their work with Terracotta, and Communications Team of the Year, on behalf of Oclaro, in the 11th Annual American Business Awards.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog today praised Mozilla as the nonprofit foundation announced it would move forward with addition of a setting in its popular Firefox browser to block the most intrusive tracking "cookies" by default.  

Cookies are little bits of computer code that can be placed on a browser so that your activity can be tracked as you surf across the web.  The most invasive tracking is done by sites the user hasn't even visited -- so-called 3rd-party sites, Consumer Watchdog said.

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